Cupboard-latch.



No. eszsn. Patented Nov. 27, moo. a. w. slaLsv.

BUPBABD LATCH.

(Application led Apr. 27, 1900.)

(Nn Model.)

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oUPeoARnH-LATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,681, dated November 27, 1900.

Application filed April 27, 1900. Serial No. 14,610. No model.)

To @ZZ whom if; may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. SIGLEY, a` citizen of the United States, residing `at Havana, inthe county of Mason and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oupboard-Latches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to catches for cupboards7 bookcases, closets, and the like closed by double doors. Generallya mullion is provided for the doors to close against and is oftentimes in the' way and frequently is the source of annoyance and vexation.

This invention provides a catch of such construction as to enable the latch-bolts of coperating catches to overlap and engage with a stop disposed to pass between the doors when closed, said stop being, preferably, in the form of an eye and having the part to pass between the doors flattened so as to enter the space or crack formed between them when closed.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following` description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modication, still the preferred elnbodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure `l is a fragmentary view in elevation of double doors, showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line X X of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view of a latch as seen from the inner or rear side. Fig. 4 is a detail view in elevation of a latch-bolt. Fig. 5 is a vertical section about on the line Y Y of Fig. l.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the saine reference characters.

l and 2 represent double doors of a cupboard, closet, or like receptacle of ordinary construction, the one closing against the other without the intervention of the ordinary mullion. A stop or keeper 3 is provided and consists of a shank 4, to be att-ached to a shelf 5 or other part of the cupboard, and a head G, the latter being iiattened and sufficiently thin to enter the space formed bei Ween the meeting edges of the doors. An eye 7 is formed in the head 6 to receive the beveled ends 8 of the latch-bolts 9. The frontend of the head 6 is oppositely beveled, as shown at l0, for the beveled ends of the latch-bolts to ride upon when closing the doors. The flattened head of the keeper provides means for screwing the shank e into the shelf and may be held by a pair of pliers, or a suitable instrument maybe thrust through the eye 7 to enable the forcible turning of the shank when fitting the keeper to the desired part of a closet.

The catches are of duplicate construction and are arranged in transverse alinementand are secured to the respective doors upon opposite sides of the keeper orstop. Each catch consists of a casing ll,a spring-actuated latchbolt 9 slidably mounted in the chambered porn.

tion of the casing, and a burton l2 to be conveniently grasped when it is required to op* crate the catch to release the door from the keeper. The projected end of the latch-bolt 9 of each catch is widened in the ordinary manner and is beveled, so as to ride upon the keeper to compress the latch when ridi ug upon the outer end of the keeper prior to the iinal closing of the door. The outer end portion of the latchbolt is cut away upon one side for a distance from its beveled end, as shown at 13, and the inner end or shoulder of the cut-away portion 13 is beveled, as shown at 14, in an vopposite direction to the beveled end of the latch-bolt. The end portion of each latch-bolt is cut away for a distance equal to about one-half its width, so that the overlapped beveled ends of the latch-bolts nnitedly equal the width of a latch-bolt prior to cutting away the side portion thereof. Thebeveled end of one latch-bolt is accommodated by the beveled shoulder 14 of the opposite latch-bolt, and the eye 7 of the keeper is of a size to receive the overlapped end portions of the latch-bolts, as shown most clearly in Figs. l and 2.

The cupboard-fastening is of such construction as to dispense with the ordinary mullion usually required in closets and like receptacles provided with double doors, thereby en- IOO abling free access to be had to every portion of the shelves and closet without obstruction such .as presented by the employment of a mullion. The flattened head portion of the keeper enables the same to occupy a minimum amount of space and to enter the space commonly provided between the meeting edges of double doors when closed, thereby obviating the necessity of mortising the edges of the doors to accommodate the keeper. By halving or cutting away the projecting beveled ends of the latch-bolts the catches are enabled to be applied to the doors in transverse alinement and to be engaged by the same keeper, which is of material advantage in point of economy and compactness of construction.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. A cupboard-fastening for double doors, comprising a keeper having a flattened head to enter the space formed between the meeting edges of the said doors, and catches secured to said doors in transverse alinement and having their latch-bolts constructed to overlap and to engage with the said keeper, substantially as set forth.

2. In afastening for double doors of closets, cupboards and the like, a keeper having a flattened head and adapted to enter the space between the meeting edges of the door, correspending catches adapted to be secured to the doors in transverse alinement and having the ocaesi projecting ends of the latch-bolts cut away to` overlap each other and engage with the said keeper, substantially as described.

3. In a fastening for double doors of closets, cupboards and the like, a keeper adapted to enter the space formed between the meeting edges of said doors, companion-catches adapted to be secured to the doors in transverse alinement and having the projecting ends of the latch-bolts cut away to overlap each other and engage with the aforesaid keeper, the shoulders formed at the inner ends of the cutaway portions being beveled in an opposite direction to the beveled ends of the latchbolts, substantially as set forth.

4:. The herein-described fastening for double doors of closets, cupboards and the like, consisting of a threaded shank having a flattened head formed with an eye and its front end oppositely beveled, companion catches having the projecting ends of their latch-bolts cut away fora short distance from their outer ends to overlap each other and enter the eye of the said head, the shoulders formed at the inner ends of the cut-away portions being inclined reversely to the beveled ends of the latch-bolts, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W'. SIGLEY. [L s] Witnesses:

J. R. HoRsTMAN, A. F. TRUELL. 

